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By KAREN BARROW

After an essay about misophonia, Well readers chimed in about the noises they can’t stand to hear.

Kuni Takahashi for The New York Times

Mothers and babies shared a bed last year at a public hospital in Gurgaon, India. The poor health of children in India, even after decades of robust economic growth, is one of the world’s most perplexing public health issues.

By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Hundreds of parents in northwestern Pakistan were arrested and jailed on charges of endangering public security after refusing to allow their children to be vaccinated for polio, officials said Monday.

Q&A

By C. CLAIBORNE RAY

A child with a smartphone incurs extra costs for texting, phone calls and data. Who benefits? Who should pay for it? What are the rules for technology and should kids share in the cost? Join our discussion of allowance, led by Ron Lieber, author of “The Opposite of Spoiled,” on the Well Book Club.

Picture Your Life

By TARA PARKER-POPE

If you live with breast cancer, love someone with breast cancer or worry about your risk for breast cancer, you are part of a global community of women and men whose lives have been touched by the disease.

What is it like to live with a chronic disease, mental illness or confusing condition? In Patient Voices, we feature first person accounts of the challenges patients face as they cope with various health issues.